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"Israel has not done enough...": US President Biden outraged with killing
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"I am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one American, in Gaza yesterday. They were providing food to hungry civilians in the middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy," the statement read
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Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is investigating deaths of 7 Gaza aid worke
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Unfortunately, in the past day there was a tragic event in which our forces unintentionally harmed non-combatants in the Gaza Strip," he said.
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"Situation is increasingly intolerable": Rishi Sunak to Netanyahu, demands
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The attack resulted in the loss of seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen, including three British nationals. In an official statement from Downing Street, Sunak emphasised the urgent need for a comprehensive and impartial investigation into the incident.
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Biden administration "outraged" by Israeli airstrike killing aid workers i
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
President Joe Biden also spoke with Jose Andres, the founder of the affected organisation and conveyed his condolences.
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UK summons Israeli ambassador over Gaza strike killing aid workers, includ
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
British Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell, summoned the Israel's ambassador to set out the government's "unequivocal condemnation of the appalling killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, including three British Nationals," he said in a Foreign Office press rele
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Seven aid workers in Gaza killed in attack,Israeli military probing claim
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Following the reports of the incident concerning the employees of the WCK organization in the Gaza Strip", said the IDF, it "began an in-depth investigation of the incident by the most senior ranks, in order to understand all the circumstances of the incident."
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No more functioning hospitals in Northern Gaza: WHO Director-General
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that Northern Gaza has no more functioning hospitals, The New York Times reported.
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38 aid workers killed in Afghanistan in past 2 years: OCHA
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirmed that 38 workers were killed during the last years, reported Tolo News.
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UAE aid workers deliver more food assistance to Sudanese refugees in Chad
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmed Obaid Al Dhaheri, Head of the ERC Delegation in Chad, said the UAE humanitarian actors would scale up their efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese refugees due to the current situation in the country.
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Ban on female relief workers disabling aid-delivery in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Afghanistan has been pushed deeper into a humanitarian crisis after the Taliban banned female aid workers from working at NGOs, disabling aid delivery at a time when numerous people are in dire need of assistance in the country, TOLOnews reported.
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International Rescue Committee stops work in Afghanistan after ban on fema
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Last month, the Taliban ordered all national and international non-government organizations to suspend the jobs of female employees, a move that was widely criticized by the international community. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is planning to hold a closed-door meeting next wee
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UN refugee agency seeks reversal of ban on women aid workers in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
More than 500 women staff work with UNHCR's 19 NGO partners in Afghanistan, serving nearly a million women and girls. The most recent restrictions will force the UN Refugee Agency to temporarily stop critical activities in support of Afghan people, especially women and children.
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